Category: Neighborhood journal
From Sin Strip to Lincoln Bend
Chicago has never been known for condemning sin, but it is condemning the hot-sheet joints that once housed it. Check out Ken Tsang's update on Sin St [...]
Drexel Boulevard architecture challenge
Describe the architectural style of the fountain in the foreground. I'm going with Chalice Wright / Falling Altar. Your take? [...]
North Kenwood – streetscapes to die for
I revisited Chicago's North Kenwood neighborhood today for the first time in nearly 15 years.
In many ways the area has changed dramatically. The v [...]
It's a Good Friday for condo buyers in Lake View
If Thanksgiving sucked for Nicholas "Condo King" Gouletas of American Invsco, the Easter Bunny is making up for it. After years of knock-down drag-out [...]
McMansions or mid-rises at the old Children's Memorial Hospital site?
Anyone who wishes to build on the old Children's Memorial Hospital site may be in for an uphill battle. We're told the land is zoned specifically for [...]
Who's afraid of Humboldt Park?
Check out this remodeled two-bedroom condo (you might have to log in at the Koenig & Strey site for the link to work): hardwood floors, full complemen [...]
What's next for the old Children's Memorial Hospital site in Lincoln Park?
Everyone has been curiously silent on the subject of Children's Memorial Hospital moving from Lincoln Park to Streeterville. The new downtown digs won [...]
Photo gallery of opening day at Wrigley Field
Over at our Uptown neighborhood journal, Yo Chicago's Nat has a very cool gallery of photos he took last weekend at the Cub's opener. Ever alert for a [...]
Neighborhood markers a sign of the times in Lincoln Square
In case you were wondering, you just entered LINCOLN SQUARE! Obnoxious markers like the one above have popped up in various neighborhoods in recent [...]
Streets of which Chicago 'hood?
The Hummer in its natural habitat - the neighborhoods of Chicago. Hell, why not just get a U.S. Army-issue Humvee and be done with it? Can anyone gues [...]
If Rapunzel lived in Chicago she'd live in Washington Park
Now there's a balcony that a girl could let her hair down from. We've been cruising around the Washington Park neighborhood, which is in the early sta [...]
Faces of which Chicago 'hood (II) ?
OK, you liked the last one, so I thought I'd try another. In which neighborhood did Yo's Joeff find this gentleman and his Hummer?
Also, I want to [...]
LA has us whipped on neighborhood names
Whipped, I tell you.
Chicago has nearly 300 neighborhoods (you'll soon see them all in Yo's neighborhood guide), but only 77 are official. LA racks [...]
Signs of the times on Chicago streets
In the pantheon of urban blight, you've got to rank bad store signage at or near the top of the list. Back-lit plastic signs are the scourge of the [...]
Faces of which Chicago 'hood?
Speaking of neighborhood faces, guess where Yo's Joeff Davis took this photo. [...]
The faces of Bucktown and Wicker Park
The Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce has its view of neighborhood faces.
And YoChicago has its view of Wicker Park and Bucktown faces and p [...]
University of Chicago's south campus development plan
Check out the University of Chicago's south campus development plan. By 2008, this area will be home to a residence hall for 900 students, a couple of [...]
Woodlawn's random retail
Speaking of Woodlawn, as we were in an earlier posting - when you consider that the neighborhood has hardly any restaurants and a dearth of retail opt [...]
N Sheridan Rd: beachfront living, mainland prices
Often thought of as tatty hinterlands--when thought of at all--N Sheridan Rd boasts several buildings that once represented Chicago's highest standard [...]
Dude! I found an awesome condo in RedEye
Dude! Don't you think that free newspaper RedEye, like, totally rocks? Judging by the condo development ads that keep appearing in the Chicago Trib's [...]